NOTD: Jack O' Lantern Water Marble

I love water marbling, and wanted to squeeze a few of them in for Halloween. So, I decided to do one today ! I went with a jack o' lantern themed marble. Using black, orange, and green.

Polishes Used

1. Sinful Colors - Snow Me White (Base)

2. Sinful Colors - Black on Black

3. NYC - Times Square Tangerine Creme

4. OPI - Who The Shrek Are You

UPDATE on last NOTD!

So, instead of the design being all about Jack, I decided to do my other hand Sally themed. So now, the design is Jack & Sally !

Here's the full set ! 

NOTD: Jack Skellington Nails

My all time favorite movie is The Nightmare Before Christmas. Jack Skellington is also one of my favorite Disney characters. Plus, Jack & Sally are my favorite fictional couple. So, you can imagine how much I love The Nightmare Before Christmas. I thought a NBC themed design would be great for Halloween. I did Jack themed nails. 

I know they aren't perfect, but I love them regardless ! Happy Halloween ! 

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NOTD: Spider Web Nails

So, I couldn't just leave my nails plain. If you read my last post you know what I'm talking about. I decided upon spider webs, since I'm doing all Halloween designs until November. 

L.A. Colors 'Jewel Tone' (over black)

I have had a long busy weekend, and my previous design peeled off on one finger. I could not just leave my nails like that, but I was tired. Considering this, I chose something simple, yet gorgeous. What I decided to do was top a glitter polish over black, and I chose an L.A. Colors glitter. I love this look. It's gorgeous.

Polish Used 

1. Sinful Colors - Black on Black

2. L.A. Colors - Jewel Tone

NOTD: Cupcake Nails

The inspiration from this look came from a blog I follow on Tumblr. It's a nail blog, and they have weekly themes. Where people do designs on their nails to go with the theme for that week, and at the end of the week the blog puts up a vote including all the submissions. On Saturday's whoever has the most votes wins, and their submission is the blogs profile picture until the next week when someone else wins. If that made sense. ANYWAYS, this weeks theme is cupcake nails, for the bloggers birthday. & I wanted to submit a picture, so I of course had to do cupcake nails. I put A LOT OF WORK into this design. A LOT. Took me about an hour per hand.

Anyways, enough blib-blab. Here is the design I came up with. 

Cute right? I LOVE THIS DESIGN ! I think I might wear it for a week, and I usually paint my nails every other day. 

Colors Used

1. Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Celeb City
2. Revlon - Make Mine Mango
3. Julep - Hayden
4. Funky Fingers - Confetti
5. Sinful Colors - Nirvana
6. Folk Art Acrylic Paint - Licorice
7. Folk Art Acrylic Paint - Wicker White

Liebster Award!

I was checking my comments on here, like I always do when I notice I have a new one. I came across a new one on a recent post, and it so happened to be from from PackAPunchPolish ! Hello, PACKAPUNCHPOLISH ! I love watching her Youtube videos, and I read all her blog posts, and she nominated me. Seriously, how cool is that ! 

Anyways, I had absolutely no idea what 'being nominated for the liesbster award' meant, so thank goodness she explained it in her blog post. To my understanding, when you're nominated, the person that nominated you asks you 11 questions, you answer them. Plus, you post 11 fun facts about yourself. Then, you nominate 11 other bloggers (who have under 200 followers), with 11 questions in your post for them to answer. 

In her blog post she has the questions for the bloggers she nominated to answer. She added the link to her post in the comment. & I'll add the post here --> http://packapunchpolish.blogspot.com/2012/09/liebster-award.html. 

11 fun facts about myself

1. I have a ton of hobbies, too many if you ask me. (nail art, makeup, crafting, baking, tattoo's) 
2. I am soon to be 18 years old. 3 MORE MONTHS ! 
3. My favorite show is Supernatural !!!!!!!!!!!!! 
4. I collect nail polish. Just passed 250 bottles !
5. My Xbox is my baby, (not literally) I am a HUGE Halo fan. 
6. I hate EVERYTHING grape flavored. EW. 
7. I won't eat meat with bones still in it. 
8. I am literally addicted to caffeine. I get major migraines if I go too long without a drink that contains it. 
9. I don't care for anything sweet either. (cake, ice cream, cookies, chocolate) After a couple bites I usually give those kind of things away. 
10. I have been in a relationship for almost three years now with the perfect guy. 
11. I am the oldest child out of four kids. I have one sister, and two brothers. 

11 Questions For Me To Answer

1. How do you feel about buying polishes that cost more than $10? Let's just say, my most expensive polish was only $8, and I have 250 bottles. 
2. Have you ever painted your nails in the car after getting a new polish? I actually have a few times, not that much though. My nails are painted 99% of the time. 
3. If you have a pet, what do you have and have you painted its nails? I have two cats, and no, I have never painted their nails. Lol. 
4. If you were only allowed to wear one color of nail polish (Any polish as long as it's that designated color) for the rest of your life, what color would it be? This is ssssooooooooo difficult ! For the sake of the question, I will choose. My choice is Purple. I just love purple on my nails. 
5. Have you ever painted your husband/boyfriend/or male friends nails? YES! I paint my boyfriends nails often.
6. Matte or shiny polish? I prefer Shiny. Although, matte is a nice look to wear occasionally. 
7. What's the most expensive polish that you own? That would be my Sally Hansen Crackle. It was 8 bucks. 
8. How often do you paint your nails? I paint my nails on average, every other day. 
9. What's your favorite polish to wear on your toes? I love burgundy on my toes. I have no idea why, I just do. 
10. Do you like stamping (konad, bundle monster etc.)? I do like stamping designs occasionally. I don't do it too often though. I take joy in hand painting my designs. 
11. What's your favorite brand of nail polish under $5? My favorite brand period is Sinful Colors. They have such a wide variety, and really nice quality.  Plus, they're always $2, and you can cathc the 99 cent sales a few times a year. 

Questions for the Bloggers I Nominate

1. What is your favorite brand ? 
2. What kind of nail art do you like to use ? (rhinestones, micro beads, glitter, fimo, etc.) 
3. Do you like using acrylic paint ? 
4. Where do you usually buy your polish ? 
5. How often do you buy a new polish ?
6. How many polishes do you own ? 
7. How often do you paint your nails ? 
8. How much is too much for a polish to cost ? 
9. Do you like glitter polish ? 
10. What's your favorite design that you have done on yourself ?
11. How do you feel about drugstore polish (Rite Aid, CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, etc.)

I Nominate 

1. http://holymanicures.blogspot.com/
2. http://nailedit1.blogspot.com/
3. http://neverendingnailart.blogspot.com/
4. http://thelifeofapolishaddict.blogspot.com/
5. http://valiantlyvarnished.blogspot.com/
6. http://toothandnails.blogspot.com/

I only knew of 6 bloggers with less than 200 followers. So I can't tag 11. Sorry ! 

NOTD: Halloween Zebra Print Design

My first design for Halloween. I know, I know, it's a bit early right ? NOT FOR ME ! I have so much Halloween spirit. It's insane. I'm so excited. I wanted to start early. Just couldn't wait any longer. I love zebra print, so I had to come up with a Halloween appropriate color scheme. I chose to combine a candy corn pattern with the zebra print. I LOVE THIS DESIGN ! Perfect for Halloween !

Isn't it just dandy ! 

Colors Used

1. Sinful Colors - Snow Me White
2. Sinful Colors - Clementine
3. Sinful Colors - Pull Over
4. Folk Art Acrylic Paint - Licorice

Halloween Nail Designs

Here is my second post of Halloween designs. Possibly my last. Not sure yet. Anyways, here they are ! 

I also have a tutorial up on Youtube for the candy corn zebra design. Check it out ! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZANlyXkvBQ&feature=plcp

NOTD: Zebra Print Water Marble

I knew I wanted to do my nails today, but I had no idea what I wanted to do. Then, I decided to test out an idea. That idea was to combine two of my favorite designs. Zebra print and water marbling. I loved the turn put. So, obviously, I used the design ! 

Polishes Used

1. Sinful Colors - Snow Me White (Base)

2. L.A. Colors - Bloom

3. L.A. Colors - Wisteria

4. Wet N Wild - I Need A Refresh-Mint

5. Sinful Colors - Cinderella

6. Sinful Colors - Unicorn

7. China Glaze - Peachy Keen

8. Folk Art Acrylic Paint - Licorice (Zebra Stripes) 

NOTD: Cube Gradient

I came across a tutorial on Youtube of a 3D cube design, and I loved it ! I had to try it out on my own nails !  The youtuber that posted the video is CTCCnails, and here is her tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRg-Hj8jbkM&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLBCXtNaZpys29lubO2wtoZg

Every time I use another persons design, I try my best to make it different. I don't like taking someone's exact design. So, I decided to do pastel gradients as my background for the cubes. Here is the design I came up with. 

Chalkboard Nails' Nail Art Contest: Cool Colors

For the contest I chose to do a design I had done a while back. Which is right here

For the contest, I had to choose to do either warm colors or cool. I chose cool colors. & here are those colors. 

(From Left to Right)

1. WNW Megalast - I Need a Refresh-Mint
2. Sally Hansen - Pacific Blue
3. Pure Ice - Silver Mercedes (Silver is a cool color, I checked) 
4. Art Deco Striper - Silver Glitter
5. Art Deco Striper - Black

Enough Nonsense ! Here is my design for the contest !

Good Luck Everyone ! 

Polish Haul! (Sally Hansen, Sinful Colors, Wet N' Wild, etc)

Have I got a polish haul for you guys ! These were not all purchased at the same time. This is a collective haul from the past two weeks.

My first stop was at Rite Aid. I had a dollar off coupon for the Maybelline Color Show polish. Plus, there was the new fall collection out. PLUS, Maybelline is one of the brands in the Glam Camp promotion. & I decided to pick up 'Boho Glam'. I ended up only paying $2.19 for this. 

(Boho Gold)

Then, I went to Family Dollar to pick up some nail polish remover, and or course, had to look at the polish. I came across this green color by L.A. Colors, called 'Palm Tree', and I just HAD to have it ! As you probably already know, this was $1. 

(Palm Tree)

Then, I took another trip to rite aid to spend the rest of the $15 towards the glam camp promotion. I picked up three Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear polishes, and one Jesse's Girl polish. The Xtreme Wears were $2.39 a piece, and the Jesse's Girl was on clearance for $1.50. 

 (Pink Satin, In The Spotlight, Celeb City)

(Carolina Beach)

Then, I took a trip to Walgreens. (Since Sinful Colors is 99 cents again this week). & I picked up five Sinful Colors polishes, and one Pure Ice polish. All of the polishes were $0.99.

 (Zincing of You, Super Nova, Hot Hot Heat, Gone Platinum, Precious Metal)

(Twinkle)

Finally I stopped at Kmart just to browse at what was new. & guess what ! They had their Halloween stuff out, including the Halloween makeup displays ! I came across the Fantasy Makers display, and had to get one of the tombstone polishes ! I also, got a glitter, but we'll get to that in a moment. The polish was $1.99, and the glitter was $2.99.

(Once Upon a Time)

Like I mentioned just a moment ago, I also got a glitter. Which is right here, 

Now, let me just tell you a short story. I have tried twice to make a 'franken polish' or 'DIY polish', and those attempts failed misserably. The glitter always sank, and the polish was hard to mix up. I bought this glitter to use as another attempt at making a glitter polish. I did infact already try it, and it does separate, BUT it very easy to shake back up, and it takes much longer to separate.  This glitter is wonderful to use for the DIY glitter polishes. 

 (Here is the glitter, and the polish with the glitter in it) 

 (A blurrier version, you can see the holographic much better)

(Compared to Wet N' Wild's Kaleidoscope ~ Left - Kaleidoscope, Right - DIY Glitter)

(Clearer picture) 

NOTD: Rainbow Saran Wrap

 A very good friend of mine posted a nail tutorial on her Youtube channel. The tutorial was for saran wrap nails. If you don't know what saran wrap nails are, or how to do them, I'll give you a brief how to. First paint your nails a base color. Then drop some polish on scrap paper, and take some saran wrap (plastic wrap) and dab into your blob of polish. Dab a bit off on the paper first, and then dab it onto your nails. Since you're using saran wrap, the color you're dabbing will not cover the base color you put on. Here is the design I came up with using this technique. 

I decided to do a rainbow effect, instead of one base color, and dabbed the black on with the saran wrap.I really love the look of this. Definitely a design I'll do again !

Polishes Used

(from left to right)

1. Wet N' Wild - Kaleidoscope
2. Sinful Colors - Black on Black
3. Sinful Colors - Energetic Red
4. Sinful Colors - Clementine
5. Sinful Colors - Pull Over
6. Sinful Colors - Innocent
7. Sinful Colors - Why Not
8. Sinful Colors - Amethyst
9. Wet N' Wild - Lavender Creme 

Greek Inspired Nail Art

A Youtuber I watch is having a Greek themed nail art contest, and I wanted to enter. I decided to do Greek god/goddess inspired nails. This is what I came up with. 

 & here is a closer up image !

NOTD: Hello Kitty Stamping

I just bought a stamping plate with a Hello Kitty image on it. I was so excited to use it ! 

This is the plate. I paid $1.40 for it. Great Deal, if you ask me !

 & here are the polishes I used for this design. 

NOTD: Blue Angels Air Show Nails !

This weekend, in Cleveland, is the Air Show ! So, I decided to do air show themed nails ! This year is the Blue Angels year, so I did my best Blue Angels jet !